Matt Keeling
@mattkeeling.bsky.social
Academic, Epidemiologist, Mathematician, Runner
IGPP (Institute for Global Pandemic Planning) Warwick is now advertising for fully-funded PhD students. Happy to chat to anyone that is interested. eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
FindAPhD : PhD in Mathematical Epidemiology, Public Health or Behavioural Science (Pandemic Planning) at University of Warwick
Apply for a PhD: PhD in Mathematical Epidemiology, Public Health or Behavioural Science (Pandemic Planning) at University of Warwick
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February 17, 2025 at 10:38 AM
IGPP (Institute for Global Pandemic Planning) Warwick is now advertising for fully-funded PhD students. Happy to chat to anyone that is interested. eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
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Good update on the bird flu situation
ttps://www.sciencenews.org/article/bird-flu-avian-flu-h5n1-virus
ttps://www.sciencenews.org/article/bird-flu-avian-flu-h5n1-virus
What bird flu experts are watching for in 2025
Since early 2024, the U.S. has logged 66 human cases of H5N1. Scientists are keeping a watchful eye on the virus’s spread as we enter a new year.
www.sciencenews.org
January 16, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Good update on the bird flu situation
ttps://www.sciencenews.org/article/bird-flu-avian-flu-h5n1-virus
ttps://www.sciencenews.org/article/bird-flu-avian-flu-h5n1-virus
Fantastic paper by SBIDER member Yulia Timofeeva - showing that diversity in neurotransmitter response is governed by just a few key proteins. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Minimal presynaptic protein machinery governing diverse kinetics of calcium-evoked neurotransmitter release - Nature Communications
The efficiency and kinetics of neurotransmitter release are tightly regulated by calcium. Here, the authors explore how Synaptotagmin isoforms 1 and 7 work together to regulate this process, enabling ...
www.nature.com
January 16, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Fantastic paper by SBIDER member Yulia Timofeeva - showing that diversity in neurotransmitter response is governed by just a few key proteins. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I found this article an excellent summary of the current situation with pandemic-planning. Many have forgotten how bad COVID-19 was and how much worst a future pandemic could be. There seems to be a collected desire to pretend the SARS-2-CoV pandemic never happened. www.science.org/content/arti...
COVID 5 years later: Learning from a pandemic many are forgetting
Five years after SARS-CoV-2 surfaced, scientists reflect and look ahead to the next threat
www.science.org
January 6, 2025 at 11:08 AM
I found this article an excellent summary of the current situation with pandemic-planning. Many have forgotten how bad COVID-19 was and how much worst a future pandemic could be. There seems to be a collected desire to pretend the SARS-2-CoV pandemic never happened. www.science.org/content/arti...
Massive congratulations to Rosemary Collier, Gavin Perkins and Siobhan Quenby (all at Warwick University) for their well-deserved awards in the 2025 New Year’s Honours list.
December 31, 2024 at 2:28 PM
Massive congratulations to Rosemary Collier, Gavin Perkins and Siobhan Quenby (all at Warwick University) for their well-deserved awards in the 2025 New Year’s Honours list.
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Instead of listing my publications, as the year draws to an end, I want to shine the spotlight on the commonplace assumption that productivity must always increase. Good research is disruptive and thinking time is central to high quality scholarship and necessary for disruptive research.
December 20, 2024 at 11:18 AM
Instead of listing my publications, as the year draws to an end, I want to shine the spotlight on the commonplace assumption that productivity must always increase. Good research is disruptive and thinking time is central to high quality scholarship and necessary for disruptive research.
Yet more proof of how carefully vaccines are scrutinised and regulated, unfortunately I expect it will be used to support the anti-vaccine propaganda.
Not so good news for RSV vaccine development. Moderna's trial in infants & others halted. www.science.org/content/arti...
December 15, 2024 at 1:17 PM
Yet more proof of how carefully vaccines are scrutinised and regulated, unfortunately I expect it will be used to support the anti-vaccine propaganda.
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Vaccine exemptions in Michigan have nearly doubled since 2020, increasing from 3.2% to 6.2% in 2023.
Cases of whooping cough in Michigan are currently higher than they’ve been for 20 years.
This is what happens when vaccine misinformation flourishes.
www.bridgemi.com/michigan-hea...
Cases of whooping cough in Michigan are currently higher than they’ve been for 20 years.
This is what happens when vaccine misinformation flourishes.
www.bridgemi.com/michigan-hea...
Whooping cough cases skyrocket in Michigan, as vaccinations decline | Bridge Michigan
A potentially deadly disease in infants, whooping cough — pertussis — has exploded in Michigan this year, in part because of decreased vaccination rates.
www.bridgemi.com
December 15, 2024 at 1:19 AM
Vaccine exemptions in Michigan have nearly doubled since 2020, increasing from 3.2% to 6.2% in 2023.
Cases of whooping cough in Michigan are currently higher than they’ve been for 20 years.
This is what happens when vaccine misinformation flourishes.
www.bridgemi.com/michigan-hea...
Cases of whooping cough in Michigan are currently higher than they’ve been for 20 years.
This is what happens when vaccine misinformation flourishes.
www.bridgemi.com/michigan-hea...
Two new papers from the SBIDER group:
Bryon & Nigel, on tumour growth and circadian rhythms: www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/12...
James & the team at KEMRI, on the spatial distribution on rhinovirus in Kenya: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Bryon & Nigel, on tumour growth and circadian rhythms: www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/12...
James & the team at KEMRI, on the spatial distribution on rhinovirus in Kenya: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Aperiodic Optimal Chronotherapy in Simple Compartment Tumour Growth Models Under Circadian Drug Toxicity Conditions
Cancer cells typically divide with weaker synchronisation with the circadian clock than normal cells, with the degree of decoupling increasing with tumour maturity. Chronotherapy exploits this loss of...
www.mdpi.com
December 6, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Two new papers from the SBIDER group:
Bryon & Nigel, on tumour growth and circadian rhythms: www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/12...
James & the team at KEMRI, on the spatial distribution on rhinovirus in Kenya: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Bryon & Nigel, on tumour growth and circadian rhythms: www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/12...
James & the team at KEMRI, on the spatial distribution on rhinovirus in Kenya: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Probably the scariest thing I've read recently: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The one reassurance is that "The bovine airway and mammary gland epithelium have predominantly avian-type receptors", so there should not be strong evolutionary pressures while H5N1 is in cattle.
The one reassurance is that "The bovine airway and mammary gland epithelium have predominantly avian-type receptors", so there should not be strong evolutionary pressures while H5N1 is in cattle.
A single mutation in bovine influenza H5N1 hemagglutinin switches specificity to human receptors
In 2024, several human infections with highly pathogenic clade 2.3.4.4b bovine influenza H5N1 viruses in the United States raised concerns about their capability for bovine-to-human or even human-to-h...
www.science.org
December 6, 2024 at 1:06 PM
Probably the scariest thing I've read recently: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The one reassurance is that "The bovine airway and mammary gland epithelium have predominantly avian-type receptors", so there should not be strong evolutionary pressures while H5N1 is in cattle.
The one reassurance is that "The bovine airway and mammary gland epithelium have predominantly avian-type receptors", so there should not be strong evolutionary pressures while H5N1 is in cattle.
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November 12, 2024 at 4:01 PM
We have 4 post-doctoral positions, working with linked data to improve public health and health services with www.liverpool.ac.uk/population-h... and www.liverpool.ac.uk/civic-health... #episky #econsky #AcademicSky @profbuchan.bsky.social
Truly brilliant news, and a fantastic example of vaccination in action.
The number of cases of cervical cancer reported in Scotland among women given the HPV vaccine at 12-13 years of age is now zero. A remarkable achievement.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
No cervical cancer cases in fully HPV-vaccinated women in Scotland
A study published by Public Health Scotland finds that the HPV vaccine is "highly effective".
www.bbc.com
November 30, 2024 at 6:02 PM
Truly brilliant news, and a fantastic example of vaccination in action.
I still can't work out why it seems to take weeks to go from a pre-print to the submitted version. Surely there's a better way. (Although I'm certainly not the first to say this).
November 28, 2024 at 11:25 AM
I still can't work out why it seems to take weeks to go from a pre-print to the submitted version. Surely there's a better way. (Although I'm certainly not the first to say this).
Really pleased to have finally submitted the work on Cost-Effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines to a journal.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
This work helped to underpin the JCVI decision on vaccination for 2025.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
This work helped to underpin the JCVI decision on vaccination for 2025.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
JCVI statement on COVID-19 vaccination in 2025 and spring 2026
www.gov.uk
November 28, 2024 at 11:24 AM
Really pleased to have finally submitted the work on Cost-Effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines to a journal.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
This work helped to underpin the JCVI decision on vaccination for 2025.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
This work helped to underpin the JCVI decision on vaccination for 2025.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Hi All. Inspired by the brilliant day at the Isaac Newton Institute on Thursday (21st Nov) about communicating mathematics - I'm going to force myself to post something at least every week.
November 25, 2024 at 11:58 AM
Hi All. Inspired by the brilliant day at the Isaac Newton Institute on Thursday (21st Nov) about communicating mathematics - I'm going to force myself to post something at least every week.